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HI Design 2012 showcased Planmeca Group’s Several design awards
designs in the summer 2012 in Helsinki for Planmed Verity®
Recognition Jackpot at the Medical Design Fennia Prize Honorary Mention 25
for Planmeca Excellence Awards (MDEA)
ProFace® Planmed Verity® received an Honorary
Planmed Verity won the title of the ‘2012 Mention in the Finnish design competition
red dot 2012 product design award MDEA Gold Winner’ in the Radiological Fennia Prize 2012. The objective of this
and Electromechanical Devices category, international competition is to support the
Planmeca ProFace and Planmed Verity both and was also nominated ‘Best in Show’ production of high-standard products and
received the globally sought after “red dot among all gold-winning products. services and to promote competitiveness
award: product design 2012.” A total of 4,515 and internationalisation of the industry.
products from all over the world participated The Medical Design Excellence Awards
in the contest. A 30-member international is the medical device industry’s premier The Fennia Prize jury consists of
expert jury examined, tested, and evaluated design awards competition. It is the only representatives of the design, business
each individual entry, applying the highest awards program that exclusively recognizes and media communities. The entries were
standards. Both products received the contributions and advances in the design of evaluated on the basis of their usability,
red dot in the category of Life Science medical products. responsibility and business aspects.
and Medicine.
Finalist nomination at the Industrial red dot 2012 product design award Finalist nomination at the Industrial
Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
Planmeca ProFace and Planmed Verity both
Planmeca ProFace was nominated as finalist received the globally sought after “red dot Planmed Verity was nominated as finalist
in the Industrial Design Excellence Awards award: product design 2012.” A total of 4,515 in the Industrial Design Excellence Awards
(IDEA) 2012. products from all over the world participated (IDEA) 2012.
in the contest. A 30-member international
Planmeca ProFace® expert jury examined, tested, and evaluated Planmed Verity®
each individual entry, applying the highest
Planmeca ProFace® is a unique option for standards. Both products received the Planmed Verity® is a 3D extremity scanner
Planmeca’s 3D X-ray units for producing red dot in the category of Life Science designed to find subtle extremity fractures
both a 3D face photo and a 3D X-ray in and Medicine. on the first visit to the clinic. The compact
one imaging session. If required, the 3D and mobile unit offers fast 3D imaging
face photo can also be acquired separately WIPO DESIGN AWARD 2012 at the point of care. It is the world’s first
in a completely radiation-free process. mobile extremity scanner intended for
The unit allows medical and dental The World Intellectual Property Organization pre- and post-operative imaging. It offers
professionals to follow changes in the (WIPO), a United Nations agency, presented a better resolution with a lower dose than
patient’s soft tissue, to visualise soft tissue the first ever WIPO Design Award for full-body CTs. Unlike any other 3D imaging
in relation to dentin and facial bones, to Finnish design to celebrate World Design device, Planmed Verity allows weight-
plan operations, and to communicate with Capital Helsinki 2012. The award was bearing imaging of the knee and ankle.
patients and colleagues in an efficient way. given to the product development team of Planmed Verity has a CE mark and FDA
Planmed Verity. clearance.
